heart; guts; nerve; central part
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
while; during; while; although; all; both
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
accumulation; accumulate; store
maintenance; preservation; improvement
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely
other side; opposite side; other party
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
class of demons; demonic race; family of demons
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
to take a breath; to take a short rest
(parasitic) host; landlord; innkeeper
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to crouch; to squat; to cower
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam